सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥
suhṛnmitrāryudāsīnamadhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu |sādhuṣv api ca pāpeṣu samabuddhir viśiṣyate ||
- सुहृत् · suhṛt
- well-wisher
- मित्र · mitra
- friend
- अरि · ari
- enemy
- उदासीन · udāsīna
- neutral
- मध्यस्थ · madhyastha
- mediator
- द्वेष्य · dveṣya
- hateful
- समबुद्धिः · samabuddhiḥ
- of even mind
- विशिष्यते · viśiṣyate
- excels
“One with even mind toward well-wishers, friends, foes, neutrals, mediators, the hateful, and kin — and even toward the good and the wicked — excels.”
— Original plain-language translation
Equanimity moves from things in 6.8 to persons here, across nine human categories. Impartiality toward saints and sinners alike is the higher grade. Such evenness excels rather than merely suffices.
— Reader's notes (original)